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Former president Jerry John Rawlings will tomorrow join cadres to mark 36-years of the June 4 uprising in 1976.

Then chairman of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC), Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings, toppled the government of the Supreme Military Council, another military regime, in a bloody coup.

The regime started a ‘House cleaning’ exercise against corruption. Three former military leaders of Ghana, Lt Gen. Afrifa, Gen. Acheampong and Lt. Gen. Akuffo were all executed together with five other senior officers deemed to have been corrupt by the special courts set up by the government.

According to Naval Capt Afeku Amenyo, of the anniversary planning committee, who spoke to the Enquirer by phone last night, “the occasion will be graced by the presence of Flt Lt. Jerry John Rawlings, former president and leader of the uprising and the December 1981 Revolution.”

A wreath-laying ceremony in honour of the fallen heroes will be held at the Revolution Square Accra and will be replicated across the various regions.

He explained that this time there would be no route march as the day falls on a working day, adding “we do not want to create traffic problems for the public.”